HOC and OLG Dr Massimo Faggioli Town Hall
HOC and Our Lady of Guadalupe co-hosted a Town Hall on Lay Leadership held at OLG on November 8, featuring a keynote presentation by Dr. Massimo Faggioli.
To share some quotes and commonly expressed sentiments from lay and religious attendees who share the desire for an empowered Laity:
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“There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
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“The presentation was excellent – a step in keeping synodality alive.”
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“Dr. Faggioli was superb!”
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Many expressed disappointment in the archdiocese’s lack of follow-through on the synodal process.
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An active and elevated laity is critical to the future of this Archdiocese.
Our video of Dr. Faggioli’s Keynote, plus the panel presentation from Sarah Riggio, a parishioner at St. James Cathedral, Fr. Tim Clark, Parochial Vicar for West Seattle Catholic Community, and Sister Kathleen Pruitt, CSJP is posted below. The reports from the small group break-out sessions and the thoughtful, written feedback from attendees were also superb and thought-provoking, and will be summarized here soon.